Employee was inserting an auger into the box of a highwall beam and got left index finger caught between the auger and box.
Pads Branch Washer Coal
Pine Branch Mining LLC
· Facility
Controlled by
Sev.en Global Investments a.s.
Chavies,
Perry County,
KY
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1519656
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 3
- Years on record
- 2012–2017
- Latest incident
- Apr 2017
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2012
71
citations
16
significant & substantial
$90,307
proposed penalties
$30,395
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2016 Q4 | 0 | 21 | 7 | |
| 2016 Q3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2016 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2015 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2015 Q3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | |
| 2015 Q1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2013 Q4 | 5,064 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
3 on file2017 · 1 incident
Pine Branch Mining LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
2013 · 1 incident
March 29, 2013
KY · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pine Branch Mining LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Employee was helping remove a hydraulic cylinder from a storage rack and as he reached to remove a block of wood from in front of the cylinder, the cylinder shifted & slid on the forks of the forklift and struck him behind the left knee causing laceration & bruising.
2012 · 1 incident
May 26, 2012
KY · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Pine Branch Coal Sales, Inc. · Fall from ladders
EE was climbing ladder to measure for the installation of a fitting in a water tank when bottom of the ladder slipped out and EE fell striking his forehead on a conduit bracket on the wall required 7 stitches.